Chords with lyrics
In 1957, the teenagers Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had their first minor success with "Hey Schoolgirl",
a song imitating their idols the Everly Brothers.
Hey Schoolgirl
by Simon & Garfunkel - 1957
Refrain
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE G+G A augmentedA E MajorE
Hey, Schoolgirl in the second row
The teacher's lookin' over
B7B7 E MajorE G+G A augmentedA E MajorE
so I got to whisper way down low
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7
To say, "Who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop, let's meet
E MajorE
after school at three."
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7
1. She said, "Hey, babe, but there is one thing more
E MajorE
My school is over at half past four
A augmentedA E MajorE
Maybe when we're older then we can date
B7B7 E MajorE
O - oh, let's wait!"
Refrain
Hey...
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7
2. She said, "Hey, babe, I gotta lot to do,
E MajorE
It takes me hours till my homework's thru,
A augmentedA E MajorE
Someday we'll go steady, so don't you fret.
B7B7 E MajorE
O - oh, not yet!"
Refrain
Hey...
A augmentedA
3. Then she turned around to me
E MajorE B7B7
with that gleam in her eye
E MajorE
She said, "I'm sorry if I passed you by,
A augmentedA
I'm gonna skip my homework
E MajorE B7B7
gonna cut my class,
E MajorE
Bug out of here real fast."
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE G+G A augmentedA E MajorE
Hey, Schoolgirl in the second row
Now we're going steady,
B7B7 E MajorE G+G A augmentedA E MajorE
hear the words that I want you to know
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7
Well it's "Who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop, you're mine,
E MajorE
I knew it all the time."
B7B7 E MajorE
Who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop, hah, you're mine